In Divorce For Dads, ex Manchester United and England goalkeeper Gary Bailey combines forces with family separation expert Nick Woodall to provide a new guidebook aimed specifically at fathers experiencing divorce or family separation. Offering comprehensive advice in a simple and accessible format, this is a book that every divorced (or separating) dad should read.

The book examines the impact of family separation through tools such as the Change Curve. It looks at issues including dealing with anger, grief and loss and offers tips about the best ways to keep in good physical and emotional shape. It also explains how family separation impacts on children and how to spot and deal with their distress.

Finally, the book looks at the kind of future that you want to offer your kids with plenty of tools and techniques to help you to get it right. From making new parenting time arrangements and helping your kids to live in two homes to getting communications right and successful negotiations, Gary Bailey’s Divorce for Dads will help you make the right choices for your kids.

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City leaders are now drawing up a new action plan to help those in the “hotspots”.

City of York Council figures show about one in eight of the city’s children – 4,705 or 13 per cent – are in poverty, and although the city as a whole is better off than the national average of 21 per cent, Clifton, Westfield and Hull Road are all worse off.

The council is now working with YorkOk and York Without Walls to launch the City of York Child Poverty Strategy 2011- 2020, aimed at tackling the problem over the next decade.

Nick Woodall, of the Centre For Separated Families in York, said while child poverty could be higher in separated families, poverty could also lead to family breakdown in the first place.

He said: “The economic profile of York has changed – used to be a fairly industrial town.

“The loss of those kind of traditional jobs may have reduced the potential for people to take up the kind of work that may have lifted them out of poverty in the past.

“In a fairly high-cost place like York, the daily financial struggles of families are likely to be exacerbated.”

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At the heart of the proposed reforms is a belief that families, themselves, are best placed to determine what arrangements will work best in their circumstances and an intention to encourage the involvement of both parents in their children’s lives after divorce or separation. As well as promoting child-focussed, family based private agreements, the reforms would provide parents with an integrated model of relationship and family support services that would help them to deal with the practical and emotional issues that can get in the way of successful maintenance arrangements.

You can read the written evidence submitted to the Parliament by the Centre for Separated Families here

The eighth and final course will be starting in York on the 5th May, organised by the City of York Council’s Sport and Active Leisure team. It will take place after school, twice a week for 10 weeks at Waterworld, Monks Cross. A limited number of places valued at up to £400 are available on the course completely free of charge thanks to MEND, Big Lottery and Children’s Trust Unit.

For more information, or to register for the Programme, call free phone 0800 230 0263 or visit www.mendprogramme.org. A parent or carer must accompany each child to the twice weekly sessions and places must be booked in advance.

Perfect for: parents worried about their children’s lifestyle and determined to make a difference

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DAD’S COOKERY!
No skills required!
A fun informal session
FREE COURSE FREE FOOD!
A FREE COURSE AT
BURNHOLME COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WEDNESDAY evenings
27th April – 25th May 2011
7.00-9.00 Pm
For more information or to enroll call or text:
Natalie Burnside
07785 546366

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Free course – Free Childcare

MAKE YOUR MONEY GO FURTHER!
(a money management course)
at
St Hilda’s Church Hall
Do you want to have better control over your money?
Look at ways to reduce your bills
Thursday Mornings
28th April to 21st July 2011
9.30-11.30 am
For more information or to enroll call or text:
Natalie Burnside
07785 546366